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Re: Greenberg's Word Order Universals

From:Nik <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, September 15, 2000, 6:21
Marcus Smith wrote:
> 300 may be, if the selections were random, > and distributed across families and areas so that there is no clumping.
And even if a rule like that about the VSO having rigid order still holds true in a sample of 300 or more, it could very well be that we simply haven't found the exception. -- Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor